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China and the Arab World

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Several days before Chinese president Xi Jinping is expected to arrive in Egypt for his first official state visit in the Middle East, the Chinese government has published its first „Arab Policy Paper“.

Among several issues, energy cooperation is specifically highlighted by the Chinese side. Yet country-specific measures cannot be found in the official document. The mere existence of China’s Arab Policy Paper could indicate that the strategic importance of the Arab World for the People’s Republic is further growing (see Tiezzi 2016).